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Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a minor basilica in , France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city.
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  • Type: Cathedral
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: building in Lyon, France (1872-)
  • Also known as: “Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere”
  • Roof shape: gabled
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fourvière and Fourvière.

Peak
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is a city district of , , a hill immediately west of the old part of the town, rising from the river . It is the site of the original Roman settlement of Lugdunum in 43 BC.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vieux Lyon and Saint-Jean Neighbourhood in Lyon.

Suburb
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is the largest Renaissance district of . In 1964, , the city's oldest district, became the first site in France to be protected under the Malraux law to protect France's cultural sites.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Latitude
45.76234° or 45° 45′ 44″ north
Longitude
4.82199° or 4° 49′ 19″ east
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Height
2.5 metres (8.2 feet)
Open location code
8FQ6QR6C+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 125690785
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Geo­Names ID
8015555
Wiki­data ID
Q1516
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆուրվիերի Աստվածամոր բազիլիկ տաճար”
  • Basque: “Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilika”
  • Belarusian: “Базіліка Нотр-Дам-дэ-Фурв’ер”
  • Catalan: “Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Catalan: “Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Chinese: “富维耶修道院”
  • Chinese: “富维耶圣母圣殿”
  • Chinese: “富维耶圣母院”
  • Dutch: “Notre-Dame de Fourviere”
  • Dutch: “Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Finnish: “Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière”
  • French: “basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • French: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • German: “Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Hungarian: “Notre-Dame de Fourvière bazilika”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Italian: “basilica di Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Japanese: “ノートルダム大聖堂 (フルヴィエール)”
  • Japanese: “ノートルダム大聖堂”
  • Latin: “Basilica Nostrae Dominae Fori Veteris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Norwegian: “Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Persian: “بازیلیکا نوتردام دو فورویر”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Russian: “Базилика Нотр-Дам-де-Фурвьер”
  • Russian: “Нотр-Дам-де-Фурвьер”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Spanish: “basilica Notre-Dame de Fourviere”
  • Spanish: “basílica Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Spanish: “Basílica Notre-Dame de Fourvière”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Нотр-Дам-де-Фурв’єр”
  • Western Frisian: “Basilyk Notre-Dame de Fourvière”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière”. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.